Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]you call me Katharine Hooker on an envelop why should you call me Mrs Hooker face to face? Why not Katharine?[1][letterhead]May 7 (1912)My dear Mr MuirThere is a present for you in this [house?] and anybody who sees it desires to steal it, but I shall hold onto it for you if I am able to defend it. Would you like to know10000
[2]what it is that provokes such cupidity? Well, it is a portrait of you by Alvin Langdon Coburn, most celebrated of photographers. As it is framed and measures 13 x 10 inches, I shall not forward it, but keep it here for you. It is a[3]very good, sympathetic likeness--so we all think.I hope you are happy and that you have disposed of at least a part of that portentous talus.[Ever?] yoursKatharine HookerBy the way, if
Location
Los Angeles
Circa Date
[1912] May 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hooker, Katharine, "Letter from Katharine Hooker to John Muir, [1912 ?] May 7." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6264.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6264
Resource Identifier
muir20_0961-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0961
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
